QUIVER

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quiver¹ I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a tremura, a se înfiora, a dârdâi;

to quiver like an aspen leaf a tremura ca varga.

2. (tehn.) a vibra, a oscila; a trepida.

quiver¹ I. verb B. tranzitiv

a agita, a face să tremure;

to quiver its wings a da din aripi.

quiver¹ II. substantiv

1. tremur, tremurat, tremurătură; frison; freamăt; palpitare;

with a quiver in his voice cu un tremur în glas;

quiver of the eyelids tremur al pleoapelor.

2. (tehn.) vibraţie; oscilaţie; trepidaţie.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The quivering came to an end suddenly.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Turn thy quiver to me, Aylward.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His voice and hand quivered: his large nostrils dilated; his eye blazed: still I dared to speak.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

They were both silent, but the Professor started and quivered; his face, however, grew grimmer and sterner still.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

The fingers which clutched me were quivering.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It seemed to enter into her body and course through her veins in a liquid glow, and to set her quivering with its imparted strength.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

"I am satisfied. I've done what I undertook, and it's not my fault that it failed. I comfort myself with that," said Amy with a little quiver in her voice.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

The man who could enter a drawing-room walking upon his hands, the man who had filed his teeth that he might whistle like a coachman, the man who always spoke his thoughts aloud and so kept his guests in a quiver of apprehension, these were the people who found it easy to come to the front in London society.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ryder quivered with emotion.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At another time Spitz went through, dragging the whole team after him up to Buck, who strained backward with all his strength, his fore paws on the slippery edge and the ice quivering and snapping all around.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

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